Technical

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  Why Garmin Connect Deletes Your Waypoints (and How We Fixed It with the help of a PitStopper user)

  June 6, 2026 7 min read

  FeaturesTechnical

  You carefully place a cafe stop or water point in PitStopper, send the file to your Garmin, and it vanishes. A PitStopper user worked out why - and here is the new export feature that stops it.

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  Map Layer Improvements: More Options and Faster Loading

  January 22, 2026 2 min read

  FeaturesTechnical

  New Hillshade and Terrain map layers give you more ways to visualize your routes, while our self-hosted tile cache delivers faster, more reliable map loading.

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  Faster POI Lookups: Our Own Overpass Server

  January 14, 2026 4 min read

  TechnicalNews

  We're excited to announce a major infrastructure improvement: PitStopper now runs its own Overpass server, resulting in faster and more reliable POI searches for all users.

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  Behind the Scenes: A Cleaner Codebase for Faster Features

  January 5, 2026 2 min read

  TechnicalNews

  PitStopper looks and works exactly the same, but under the hood we've completely reorganised our code. Here's why that matters for you.

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  Understanding Time Estimation in PitStopper

  November 25, 2025 6 min read

  TutorialsTechnical

  How does PitStopper know how long your trip will take? We explain GPX timestamps, our gradient-adjusted speed model, and when you should use your route planner's timing instead.

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  How PitStopper Uses Public APIs

  November 21, 2025 4 min read

  Technical

  Learn how PitStopper leverages public APIs for POI data, elevation, and maps - all while keeping your route data private in your browser.

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